Sir Adrurous Divicil took on very few students. Most thought it was because of her prestige and family status left him in too high demand to accept most but truthfully she knew from the third book when he’d been caught in his alternative form that Adrurous simply hated thing he found annoying which teaching happened to fall under. But he was also someone who begrudgingly followed expectations.

  That made him perfect. She’d decided after much deliberation to approach all things magical under the name Nerezza seeing as it only meant something to her. When she one day left the Navan household, they could chose to kill off the identity of Aloka. The little girl didn’t feel attached to either name, so it didn’t sadden her. Besides under the name Nerezza she could build the power to protect Mama.

  Mama could leave father and she’d protect her she could have a garden and no one would ever yell at her and she’d never have days where she’d not leave her room too depressed to face the world.

  But Nerezza needed power to make that possible.

  “Hey you.” She called to the young man with hair swirled in a dizzyingly complicated perch on the top of his head. He turned with slow gliding movements and looked at her before looking around and she grinned as the mask fell. His stance shifted and he jutted out his chin.

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  “What do you want?” He asked like she was a piece of gum on his shoe.

  “I want you to become my Magic instructor.” She informed him. The man scoffed then blinked he walked forward and forcefully tilted her chin up.

  “Who the Hell awoke a child?” He asked sounding horrified. Nerezza smiled.

  “Oh, I did.” She chirped. “You see I remembered my previous incarnation and I had magic then too. I taught myself most of my knowledge with books and I’ve been doing well. You hated teaching and I just want books and your name can get me any book I want and mine can get you an excuse.” She offered to him expectantly. He stared at her and saw hos wheels turning. She knew he’d accept and she’d never cross the line to ask him for anything.

  She blinked when he flicked her forehead and covered it with her hands.

  “You’re going to let me teach you to ground your magic. I don’t need my student’s little flares to become more then that.” He told her looking her over nodding. “But I do admit you’re managing pretty well. But Awakening shadow magic as a child.” He puffed shaking his head like she was baffling. She grinned and held out the paperwork she’d already mostly filled out. He looked down at it then back at her and finished it.